Blessed be Netflix, for bringing back beloved sitcom Arrested Development, slow-burn drama The Killing and now cult comedy Wet Hot American Summer. This summer, the streaming service will air eight-episode series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, which brings the gang back together for a prequel to David Wain's delectably dirty, star-studded pic.
Let it never be said that the Smiths have a superhero problem. With mother Jada Pinkett coming off a turn as Gotham City mobster Fish Mooney in Fox's Gotham, and dad Will (having already starred in Hancock) playing Deadshot in Warner Bros.' upcoming Suicide Squad pic, it appears son Jaden Smith is about to tackle a comic-book figure all his own. According to actor Tyler James Williams, Smith is playing Static Shock in a WB digital series.
Hush, everyone, Johnny Depp is doing his best acting. After years of working as a professional punchline for the likes of Tim Burton (Dark Shadows) and David Koepp (Mortdecai), the A-lister is finally asserting his dramatic talents once more in this fall's Black Mass, which finds him taking on the plum role of feared Boston gangster Whitey Bulger.
In a turn of events as horrifying as anything Stephen King has come up with in the past few years, True Detective helmer Cary Fukunaga has exited New Line's two-film adaptation of the horror author's tome IT, leading the hotly anticipated project to be placed on indefinite hold.
Still reeling from the box office failure of his critically derided historical thriller Child 44, director Daniel Espinosa has departed the Boston Marathon bombing drama Boston Strong.
Leave it to 20th Century Fox to get beaten by Movietickets at promoting its own movie. A new trailer for the site's ticket-buying app has given us a sneak peek at the powers that will be on display throughout this summer's Fantastic Four, from Johnny Storm's manipulation of fire to Reed Richard's stretching ability. It's a pretty solid way to tease what all comic-book aficionados want to see from the blockbuster - and certainly a better preview than the overly glum, Nolan-esque trailers Fox has been putting out, at least until it turns into a commercial.
This just goes to show that it pays for fans to be vocal about the franchises they love. When it was announced that the next Friday the 13th would capitalize on the found-footage craze, the backlash from horror aficionados was as instantaneous as it was fierce. Now, speaking with Shock Till You Drop, Platinum Dunes co-founder/producer Brad Fuller has revealed that plans to take Jason Voorhees down that uninspired road have been scrapped.
Hot off the conclusion of his long-running FX series Sons of Anarchy, Kurt Sutter is reteaming with the network on medieval epic The Bastard Executioner, which has just been green-lit for a 10-episode first season to air this fall.
With Trainwreck seemingly poised to become the breakout comedy of the summer, Amy Schumer is basking in a whole lot of attention from major studios right now. The Inside Amy Schumer comedienne has just signed on to co-write and star in a mother-daughter comedy for 20th Century Fox, with Bridesmaids director Paul Feig producing.
Kevin Hart set off comedic fireworks when he teamed with Ice Cube on last spring's Ride Along, but the comic's next big-screen vehicle has him collaborating with an even more promising cast. Hart is set to lead Central Intelligence with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who last mined the spy genre for laughs with a supporting role in Get Smart. And today, the action-comedy has expanded to add Breaking Bad alum Aaron Paul.
